Indian Hills, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Georgetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40324. It stands on Dry Run. The Survey maps it on the Georgetown quadrangle.
On record in Indian Hills
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 12 of 19 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
South Broadway Neighborhood Districtlisted 1991 · 0.4 miles away
Scott County Jail Complexlisted 2002 · 0.5 miles away
Garth Schoollisted 1988 · 0.5 miles away
Holy Trinity Episcopal Churchlisted 1973 · 0.5 miles away
Confederate Monument in Georgetownlisted 1997 · 0.6 miles away
Branham Houselisted 1973 · 0.6 miles away
Scott County Courthouselisted 1972 · 0.7 miles away
Royal Spring Parklisted 1973 · 0.7 miles away
Payne-Desha Houselisted 1974 · 0.7 miles away
Cantrill Houselisted 1973 · 0.7 miles away
First African Baptist Church and Parsonagelisted 1984 · 0.8 miles away
Giddings Hall, Georgetown Collegelisted 1973 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1906 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Indian Hills in 2010, burning about 25 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CORN HOLE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Indian Hills: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Strontium, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Vein | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Barite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Nally and Gibson | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wm. Davis Vein | Barium-Barite, Iron, Strontium, Sulfur | Past Producer | 1908 |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| Great Crossing | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Herdon | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Clabber Bottom | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Peak | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Shiff | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Stone Hedge Estates | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lancelot Estates | 3.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 494962. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.






